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Chip Ganassi Racing dominated the first hour of the 51st running of the 24 Hours of Daytona. Scott Pruett and Scott Dixon ran one-two in the pair of Ganassi Riley-BMW MkXXVI Daytona Prototypes on the hour mark, with five-time Daytona-winner Pruett holding an eight-second lead.

Pole winner Pruett, who shares his No. 01 Riley with Memo Rojas, Juan Pablo Montoya, Charlie Kimball and Dixon, led from the start and extended his advantage to as much as 10 seconds before the first round of pit stops.

Dixon, who is also entered in the second (No. 02) car alongside Dario Franchitti, Jamie McMurray, Joey Hand and Pruett, missed a gear at the start and dropped to fourth before making it back to second after the 21 laps.

Michael Valiante ran third, 10 seconds behind Dixon, at the end of hour one in the best of the Michael Shank Racing Riley-Fords, while Dane Cameron was fourth in the Team Sahlen Riley-BMW.

The best Chevrolet-powered car was the Wayne Taylor Racing Coyote in the hands of Max Angelelli in fifth place.

The MSR team's lead entry, which won last year's Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona, lost time in the opening hour while a suspension component was changed.